| A | B |
|---|
| noun | person, place, thing, or idea |
| an action verb | a word that tells what the subject does |
| a linking verb | a word that links or connects the subject of a sentence to a word in the predicate |
| an adjective | a word that describes a noun |
| to describe | to explain details or give information about something |
| helping verbs | words that help the main verb of a sentence |
| details | specific information about a topic or examples |
| feedback | comments and suggestions you give someone to help them improve |
| eye contact | looking at people when you speak to them |
| comprehensible | understandable |
| an oral presentation | a speech in front of a group of people |
| punctuation | commas, periods, question marks, apostrophes, and other marks people use in written language |
| a discussion | a conversation among members of a group |
| a critique | a group discussion about how someone can improve their work |
| engaging | a speech or performance or piece of writing that captures people's attention |
| to indent | to start the first line of a paragraph about 1 inch to the right of the other lines |
| a sentence | a complete thought that has a subject, verb, capital letter, and period |
| a paragraph | a group of sentences about one topic |
| delete | remove; take away |
| edit | revise; make writing better; improve |
| a synonym | a word that means the same or nearly the same as another word |
| an antonym | a word that is the opposite of another word |
| vocabulary | language; terminology; words |
| a subject | a noun that tells who or what did something in a sentence |
| a pronoun | a word such as he, she, or it, which substitutes for a noun |
| an object | a noun or a pronoun that receives the action of an action verb |
| a period | the mark you put at the end of a sentence |
| a question mark | the mark you put at the end of a question |
| an exclamation mark | the mark you put at the end of a sentence that's urgent or exciting |
| a comma | the mark you use to show a pause in a sentence |
